What is my Rose bubble Tip Anemone up to?

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travis_

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I recently obtained a rose bubble tip anemone and have a few questions I hope you could help me with. First off, if originally placed her on a central rock in my aquarium and she attached immediately and appeared happy. She was open and eating (fed a couple chunks of prawn). See pic link below, image too big to post.
http://www.greenconversion.net-a.googlepages.com/aquarium.JPG

Then she decided to move and over the night switched rocks and is now in an akward upside position on my other rock. See Pic.
http://www.greenconversion.net-a.googlepages.com/rosebubbletip.JPG
And it almost looks like she may be budding as you can see in this picture with her mouth tucked in and part of her stretched way out.

My questions are #1) does this look like she is budding/splitting? and #2) should I try to relocate her to a better spot or assume she will either find a better spot or be OK where she is (not getting enough light?).

I only have power compacts so want to make sure she gets enough light.

I am planning to feed a chuck of prawn every 3 days.

Appreciate input,
 
She should be okay. Anemones often moved based on water flow, light, or boredom. Just make sure she doesn't wander to a powerhead, I had one make it all the way through a K4 then I had 30 RBTAs. Anyway just watch it, it will be fine unless you have bad water. Also, I never spot fed mine and it did great. If you do spot feed be aware that it really pollutes your water once the RBTA is done.
 
I had one make it all the way through a K4 then I had 30 RBTAs.
Yep, been that route myself. I'm not sure if the mouth-tucked-in-part-of-her-stretched-way-out thing is a budding thing or not; mine routinely kind of turns itself inside out almost for a couple of hours and looks like a big ball (usually later the same day after feeding). Anemones tend to go wherever feels best to them so it's almost futile to try and put them in that "perfect spot". It's great that you're worried, but don't worry.
Oh yeah, and if you are using Windows XP you can download the FREE Image Resizer program from MS here:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx
helps for shrinking those pics down to a postable size. Also you can check out the Photography forum here on RF; here's a link to a very useful sticky thread:
http://www.reeffrontiers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=4808
 
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def. try to upgrade lighting sometime in the future and i just got an anemone and it was stretching around also, its just a way for them to move around and find the most comfy spot. when mine stretched i was almost worried, the foot was like 6 inches long no exaggeration...

you can upgrade your lights pretty easily but im not sure what kind of wattage you have with those PC's...tank looks awesome though
 
thanks! Well, she (RBTA) still has not settled and now I believe she is getting harrassed by my clown. At first my clown had nothing to do with her. But now he is litteraly diving in and getting aggressive. I have even seen the clown sucking on her tenticles. The RBTA responds by contracting and looks pale/grey at times. The clown will not leave her alone and I am concerned that the constant harassment will prevent her from opening up and getting into the light. If my clown doesn't stop this I am going to put him in my clam tank. Any other suggestions? thanks!

def. try to upgrade lighting sometime in the future and i just got an anemone and it was stretching around also, its just a way for them to move around and find the most comfy spot. when mine stretched i was almost worried, the foot was like 6 inches long no exaggeration...

you can upgrade your lights pretty easily but im not sure what kind of wattage you have with those PC's...tank looks awesome though
 
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